Tanker carrying diesel crushes two army officers in Abia

A diesel tanker crushed two army officers at the Leru junction, Umunneochi council of Abia State on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway this afternoon. Reports say the deceased solders were at a road block when the tragedy occurred. The driver of the tanker also lost his life in the accident as the tanker caught fire when the accident occurred.

According to an eye witness account, the tanker driver apparently lost control and the vehicle started hitting the drums used as barricade on the road and eventually plunged into the median of the highway.

The tanker burst into flames immediately burning the patrol van of the solders and another vehicle parked within the vicinity to ashes. Meanwhile, Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has commiserated with the Nigerian Army over the incident.